02986cam a2200385 i 4500 21528072 20210608143823.0 200512s2020 ne a b 001 0 eng 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 1 shelf copy policy default xk13 2020-05-12 xk13 2020-05-12 (TW Situational) to DEWEY xm07 2020-05-13 (TW situational) xn11 2020-12-01 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. xk25 2021-04-21 to CMD 2020017465 9789027207357 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 9789027260925 (pdf) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc PG2434 .T45 2020 491.701/41 23 Thielemann, Nadine, author. Understanding conversational joking : a cognitive-pragmatic study based on Russian interactions / Nadine Thielemann. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020] x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Pragmatics & beyond new series, 0922-842X ; volume 310 "This book examines the diverse forms of conversational humor with the help of examples drawn from casual interactions among Russian speakers. It argues that neither an exclusively discourse-analytic perspective on the phenomenon nor an exclusively cognitive one can adequately account for conversational joking. Instead, the work advocates reconciling these two perspectives in order to describe such humor as a form of cognitive and communicative creativity, by means of which interlocutors convey additional meanings and imply further interpretive frames. Accordingly, in order to analyze cognition in interaction, it introduces a discourse-semantic framework which complements mental spaces and blending theory with ideas from discourse analysis. On the one hand, this enables both the emergent and interactive character and the surface features of conversational joking to be addressed. On the other, it incorporates into the analysis those normally backgrounded cognitive processes responsible for the additional meanings emerging from, and communicated by jocular utterances"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index. Introduction -- Conversational joking from a discourseanalytic perspective -- Humor as a cognitive phenomenon -- Conversational humor from a discourse-semantic perspective -- Conclusion. Russian language Discourse analysis. Russian language Spoken Russian. Joking. Dialogue. Wit and humor Psychological aspects. Online version: Thielemann, Nadine, Understanding conversational joking Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020. 9789027260925 (DLC) 2020017466